Stanny

We had a great time playing outside today. This morning, we drew a long and winding 'road' on our driveway, the sidewalks and our neighbor's drive. The boys had a fabulous time driving on the road, and I joined in as well on the scooter.

We also spent some time hammering golf tees into the lawn. This is a popular activity here. While we were pulling the tees out, we found a long and rather chunky worm. The boys were fascinated and wanted to take turns holding it. We then found a container and the boys filled it with soil to make a new home for 'Stanny' (named by Callum). Callum in particular enjoyed this. After school, he immediately returned to Stanny's home to look for him and, with the help of our fabulous neighbor Leila, found several friends to keep Stanny company in his new home. Oh, and Stanny also has a baby carrot to munch on if he gets hungry.

We enjoyed a wonderful day out with Grandma and Grandpa today. The day was planned as a celebration for my birthday and we all had a fantastic time.

First, we headed to St. Jacobs for a Maple Sugar Bush to

ur. We rode in a horse-drawn trolley from the market to the sugar bush and back again. The boys loved this; Callum, William and Grandma even sat with the driver on the return trip:

The tour was good, although we really were most interested in the pancakes (which were delicious)! The boys also experienced a ride in a cart pulled by a pony, which is how the local children ride to the school bus.

Following our Sugar Bush tour, we enjoyed a walk through the village and ice cream :)

I think the highlight of the day for the boys was running through the huge mud puddles in the parking lot:

Our new dining room furniture...

Summer Recap

We had a great summer full of fun and adventure. We moved into our new house in early July and spent just enough time there to get settled before we made our first trip back to Nova Scotia since we left last year.

Our new home is great! We particularly love the pool and large, grassy back yard. The boys have lots of room to run and play, and we all enjoyed swimming when the weather was warm enough. William and Callum are particularly fond of the water. Callum loves to play 'Hen, Rooster, Chicken, Duck' and William is always busy trying to learn to swim. Jacky prefers to paddle around a bit in his 'floaty seat (for lack of a better term) and then direct all of our activities from the side of the pool the rest of the time.

We spent almost 2 weeks at the farm this year. The weather was warm and sunny, and we enjoyed many hours sitting outside while the boys played in their splash pool and on the lawn. The last few days of our trip were not the best, as Jack and Callum both came down with Roseola, but that is a distant memory now. Overall, our time in Nova Scotia was absolutely wonderful. I've even almost forgotten about the first week of rain!

Here are a few photos of our summertime adventures. I would love to write more, but then I would miss out on my 'nap time'!

Fun in the pool at home:



Dinner outside at the farm:



Callum:



William:



Jack:



Road trip!:

More Videos...

I find that I seldom have time to sit down and write a proper post, which is why I don't update our blog as often as I would like. So, from now on, when I don't have time to write, I will just post videos and photos (I suspect that is what most of you are looking for anyway...)
Here are a few videos from the past week:

Playing in the dining room - June 16 2009:



Playdough fun - June 16, 2009:



Dessert with Daddy - June 19, 2009:

A recent video...

Dinner at our house - June 8, 2009

Wow

Here is a great video of Callum and Jack playing blocks with Sonam last week...